The Official Panasonic UT50 Settings/Issues Thread - Page 15

Originally Posted by pennywise666 

i have the 42ut50 for 3 days now almost.
and after the first 2 hours i saw a blue vertical tin line that looked like the beam from a laserpen,for 2 minutes.
and a few hours ago i saw it again for about 15 minutes.
should i return the set? if i return it within 7 days,they will send me another one.
is this a sign that the board is not good and that its slowly dying?or will it go away after a few hunderd hours?

Originally Posted by whypee 

I purchased the 60PUT54 from Costco in Canada assuming it was the same as the P60UT50 (knowing that it has one less HDMI connection). I'm trying to enter anikun07 settings (post # 250 on page 9) but I don't have the 3D Cinema Mode in the Picture menu.
Do I need to have a 3D input before the 3D Cinema Mode shows up? Or has the Viera menus changed since anikun07 posted his settings? Or is the PUT54 different to the UT50 in that manner?

Originally Posted by RandyWalters 

That line means there's something defective in that set. It will keep coming back, and will only get worse - i'd return it immediately.
PS: Where did you find that TV? The 42" UT50 has been virtually impossible to find for several months now. A customer of mine is looking for one. Thanks,

Originally Posted by BlueBalls 

I am not sure if someone has maybe already went over this but... I recently bought the TC-P55UT50 and during calibration (Blue ray disc) the only Present that seems to be the closest is the cinema but it ends up being way too dim after adjust brightness and contrast. What setting do i need to change in the service menu to correct this? anyone else already deal with this?

Originally Posted by dwoo0418 

Anikun07, I intend to use your settings on post #250, they look very extensive, thank you! What is your typical program viewing? I'm planning on watching a lot of sports and would like to get your input on how your settings would work with that, thanks!

Originally Posted by RandyWalters 

That line means there's something defective in that set. It will keep coming back, and will only get worse - i'd return it immediately.

Originally Posted by pennywise666 

update--: i called them up and they will come and pick it up next wednesday,(they first said this satuturday,but i want to enjoy it in the weekend;)and then i'll get a replacement back within a week they said.(lets not hope that i have to keep sending this tv back 10 times!)
frustrating that this official ut50 thread only is about the US version with user settings and SM settings,so that i will not be able to apply these settings to my european version..i hope someone who has the european model is going to give their calibration settings etc.,soon here.
or HOW can i apply the US settings to the EU version,for the menu settings and the SM? who knows?is there a way??
(and please,not all at once;)

Originally Posted by anikun07 

Try AVForums, I think they have settings for the UT50

Originally Posted by RandyWalters 

That line means there's something defective in that set. It will keep coming back, and will only get worse - i'd return it immediately.
PS: Where did you find that TV? The 42" UT50 has been virtually impossible to find for several months now. A customer of mine is looking for one. Thanks,

Originally Posted by anikun07 

If you want to replicate what I did then just watch the first 100 hours with regular viewing with just brightness, contrast, color, and sharpness adjusted to the AVS calibration disc. Honestly, I don't know how much it will matter because calibrations are so specific to each TV so it's unlikely you'll have D65 with my settings anyway but I think either way it should be fairly close.

Originally Posted by anikun07 

If you want to replicate what I did then just watch the first 100 hours with regular viewing with just brightness, contrast, color, and sharpness adjusted to the AVS calibration disc. Honestly, I don't know how much it will matter because calibrations are so specific to each TV so it's unlikely you'll have D65 with my settings anyway but I think either way it should be fairly close.

Originally Posted by LexSombra 

Ok, but I read somewhere that I shouldn't use a too high contrast in a new TV, it may cause burn in... You're using contrast 84, is it safe or should I lower it a bit?

Originally Posted by pcgeek543 

The WB settings are from the avforums uk UT50 review as it has wb settings in its menu
After days of trying different service menu white balance settings from dnice's st50 reference and out of box, and RichB's UT50 these look the best and probably the closest to the way they should be to me. I've watched about 4 hours of mixed content and the picture still has good warmth yet sky's are a more vivid realistic blue and skin tones look alot better with less green tinge and color is still good. Here they are if anyone wants to try them,they are my favorite out of all available.Also when you change the wb in the sm it changes it for all modes,just a fyi because i was under the assumption you could change it for each mode.
warm default
R-cut 80 +9 = R-cut 89
G-cut 80 -2 = G-cut 7E
B-cut 80 +2 = B-cut 82
R-drv FF -2 = R-drv FD
G-drv F0 -1 = G-drv EF
B-drv 7F +4 = B-drv 83
Cinema or (Custom with HDMI content set to Graphics) All other settings disabled. You can also put hdmi content to auto in custom and color at 43 if you want a little extra or more vivid color and brightness pop *kind of reminds me of an lcd* *HDMI Content type has zero effect in Cinema Mode* *wb settings for warm in the service menu are the same for every picture mode (vivid,standard,etc...) and adjusting wb in service menu changes the wb in every picture mode*
Cinema
Contrast 78
Brightness 52 any higher and i start to see dithering or pixel dance
Color 48
Tint 0
Sharpness 0
Color Temp Warm2
Custom
Contrast 76-83 your preference
Brightness 56 any higher and i start to see dithering or pixel dance
Color 48
Tint 0
Sharpness 0
Color Temp Warm2

Originally Posted by hercas 

Hello all, Couple days ago I got 42UT50E and now I want to try to calibrate it. But when I enter into menu I'm confused little bit. In may case all values max I can get only 60. Another strange is service menu, no enter to it, allways get some information menu, like firmware version, etc. (I pressed Volume down on TV set and on remote "Info" button). But I gave all settings like R-cut, R-drv in main menu. All values shows 0, there are two options get more than 0 and get lower 0 (- value) So, all values for calibration listed in this post is useless because I can't entere these values.
Maybe somebody got similar situation and can share calibration settings

Originally Posted by RandyWalters 

You must be in a foreign country then. The picture settings menus on our North American/USA models are completely different than the settings menus on the European/Asian models and since AVS is a US-based forum, the settings you see posted here do not apply to any non-USA models and obviously will not work for you.
If you're in Europe, check out the UK-based AVForums instead:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/plasma-tvs/

Originally Posted by RandyWalters 

You must be in a foreign country then. The picture settings menus on our North American/USA models are completely different than the settings menus on the European/Asian models and since AVS is a US-based forum, the settings you see posted here do not apply to any non-USA models and obviously will not work for you.
If you're in Europe, check out the UK-based AVForums instead:
http://www.avforums.com/forums/plasma-tvs/

Originally Posted by RandyWalters 

So nobody on the UK AVForum has posted any calibrated settings or reference settings ?

Originally Posted by pennywise666 

no,only WB settings from the UK revieuw,witch you can put in the user menu.
no calibration settings,where its about.
and i just played myself with the contrast and colours and viewing mode,i also played with WOW disc a little.
please americans..help us!hehe.